The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-02

not show it to the defendant; don't know
if anybody told him the contents; showed
it to Olive, to his deputy sheriff, also to
Bailey and others; there was
girl there about ID years old;
no woman but Mrs. Barbour;
1 did not get the horse; he was not up;
really did not want him.
This closed the witnesses for the prose-
cution for the present.
FOR THE DEFENSE,
S. X. P. Jackson, previously sworn: I
live in Florence, Williamson county; am
merchant there ;have been for six and eight
months for myself;I know defendant; have
know him for twenty or twenty-five years;
on 18th may his residence was about one
and One-quarter miles from Florence; he
has little farm there; saw him May 18th
IN my store in Florence at o'clock in the
evening, probably little later; I sold him
some goods, and that evening charged
them to him. Books produced and en-
try noticed Witness refre shing his
memory therefrom. Barbour, the defen-
dant bought the goods himself;it was about
sun down about the time 1 close; l
think he left the goods, but he went to the
postoffice; he was riding a mare that had
young colt following; did not notice
which way he went when he left; from
Florence to Round Rock it is about TWEEN
ty-eight miles, the way the road runs; it
is about eighteen miles from Florence TO
Georgetown; this is the only road l know
of; think by Liberty Hill, would be out
of the way; there is about three miles
difference by the railroad from Round
Rock to Mcneil station; [ am not mis-
taken about the date; Mrs. Barbour asked
me several days after, when Barbour got
the articles; l told her what date l thought
it was, and, looking at my books,
they agreed the entrees
were made the day the goods
were bought; Barbour had yearly run
ming account with me; 1 never heard of
Barbour's arrest till the 'ay he was ar
rested and brought to my store; I think
this was Saturday; Barbour asked me if
could not see Olive and get him released;
1 charge everything up get for myself
from the store; have no partner; I made
the entries and would not remember the
dates except by the book; Mrs. Barbour
may have been to the store to trade, but
don't remember; there are other items
on the book charged to Barbour; can't
the day Barbour got the things charged
to him on the 18th; that is the last
charged against him on the books;
the book is all have to go by for the
date; the goods were charged to him on
that date; know it was late in the day,
about 6 O'Clock in the evening; my at
tention was called to the matter after
ward by an inquiry as to whether Barbour
could have had time to get to MCNEIL;
there might be times when 1 sold goods
and did not charge them up at the time;
what Barbour got on the 18th was the last
charge; don't think it was o'clock in
the evening merely because it was the last
item charged, but on account of the mail
hour and his going for the mail; it might
have been little earlier; 1 Judge from
the mail time coming in; some
days l am closed up; Mrs. Bar
bour was not with him when
the goods were bought; know Barbour got
the goods himself; his wife was not with
him; her inquiry as to the bill only re-
freshed my memory about the date; the
charge was made little before or after 6
o'clock; can't say precisely; my rela
tions with Barbour are friendly; I am not
related to him nor his wife; his brother
married niece of mine; 1 don't remem
Der any other relations; l am married;
our families are friendly as far as l know;
1 do not know that they visit; they used
to visit some when we lived near each
other; 1 don't think my son was in the
store the day the goods were sold; 1 would
know if he was there and got anything,
from the book, which refreshes my mem
DRY, unless some one else got goods for
him; would not swear my son got goods
charged to him, unless knew he was there;
don't recollect what mail defendant got
from the office that day; the goods 1 gave
him (Barbour) were in store paper and
bags. Barbour bought no bacon that
date; always as rule charge goods when
bought; am positive the entries were made
on the 18th that Barbour bought the
goods in person; can't say if it is posi-
bic to ride from my place to Round Rock
by 8 or O'Clock at night; don't know,
but think it would take good horse to
do it.
1t was the next Wednesday Mrs. Bar
bour called my attention to the goods and
this, with the fact of colt nearly running
over little child the day the goods were
bought, made me refer to the books and
remember the date.
The court then adjourned until 2:3O
p. m.
AT half past two O'Clock the court met
to adjournment.
Mrs. n. l.. Barbour, sworn: 1 am the
wife of the defendant, Joe Barbour;
counsel for the government objected to
the further testimony of witness. The
objection was sustained
Joe Barbour, sworn: 1 am the defend
ant IN this case; was at home on the
18TH day of May; was at home on the
Night before; during the day of the 18th
hoed corn to II; went over to a neigh
1ors in the afternoon; went to town in
he late evening, got some things and
got some between shutdown and dark:
vent to the house of a man named. La
mar, to see about getting cotton planter,
mt did not II. + -. L: